140 combat clashes on frontline in past day, nearly half in Pokrovsk sector
On March 23, 140 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the frontline yesterday.
24 March 2025
On March 23, 140 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the frontline yesterday.
Since the large-scale invasion, the Russian occupation forces have suffered an estimated 904,760 casualties, including 1,280 killed or wounded in action in the past day alone.
The Special Operations Force boasted a high-precision strike on Russia’s Belgorod region destroying four enemy helicopters.
Ukrainian military operating in the Kharkiv region’s war zone are seeing a higher intensity of drone use by Russian invasion forces.
A 37-year-old civilian man sustained injuries in a Russian drone attack in the Fastiv district, Kyiv region.
In the Donetsk operational axis, Ukraine’s defense forces destroyed a tank and an R-330 Zhitel electronic warfare system.
Agents of the ATESH resistance movement destroyed a transformer cabinet on a railway line in Russia's Smolensk region, which is frequently used for transporting military cargo and equipment toward Bryansk and further to Kursk region.
Currently, it is possible to shoot down up to 80% of Russian drones over the Kherson region, and this figure is growing.
From March 17 to March 23, Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed over 1,115 air targets launched by Russian invaders across Ukraine.
23 March 2025
Soldiers of the border unit of unmanned aerial systems “Phoenix” hit a tank and an armored vehicle “Tiger” of the Russian invaders near Kreminna and Serebriansk forestry in Luhansk region.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has classified the explosion at the police building in Odesa region as an attempted terrorist attack and opened a criminal investigation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the development of Ukraine's effective air shield will not stop.
Three law enforcement officers were injured in an explosion at the police department in Odesa region and are being treated.
Throughout the day, Russian forces shelled communities in the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and launched kamikaze drone attacks, damaging and destroying private homes, vehicles, and a gas pipeline.
A 54-year-old man was injured after a Russian drone strike on the village of Ruska Lozova in the Kharkiv district.
On Sunday, Russian forces targeted civilian infrastructure in the Myropillia community of the Sumy district. As a result of shelling and airstrikes, a 61-year-old woman was killed, and another person was injured.
U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has stated that the first step toward a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine should be halting drone and missile strikes on energy infrastructure by both sides.
Russian shelling has killed two men and injured another in the Donetsk region, specifically in the village of Donetske (Mykolaivka community) and the city of Pokrovsk.
In Zaporizhzhia, scientists accidentally discovered a downed Russian Molniya-2 drone on the banks of the Dnipro River near the village of Rozumovka. The drone had been neutralized by Ukrainian air defense forces.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 74 combat engagements between Ukrainian defenders and Russian troops, with 35 taking place in the Pokrovsk sector of the frontline. Ukrainian forces repelled 29 attacks in that area, while six battles are still ongoing.
A woman and a man were injured as a result of Russian shelling of Inhulets and Komyshany in Kherson region.
Russian forces are preparing to once again falsely claim the capture of Toretsk in Donetsk region despite failing to seize the town.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) has successfully destroyed a composite river crossing support company of the 205th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian army in Dnipriany located in temporarily occupied Kherson region.
Ukrainian forces have not recorded any attempts by Russian invaders to cross the Vovcha river near Vovchansk on the Kharkiv front.
On the Kharkiv front, Russian forces are mostly holding defensive positions.
Reports of the Ukrainian Armed Forces conducting successful counterattacks in Toretsk have been confirmed.
On March 21, Ukraine's Air Force successfully struck a Russian troop concentration in Toretsk, Donetsk region, targeting forces from Russia's 1st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of the 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment.
Russian forces launched an attack on the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson at around 10:00 on Sunday.
The 3rd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has liberated the village of Nadiia in the Luhansk region.
Last night, Russia deployed nearly 150 attack drones against Ukraine. Over the past week, Russia has launched approximately 1,100 attack drones, more than 1,580 guided aerial bombs, and over 15 missiles of various types.